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NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on Jan. 10 in the Manhattan criminal case that resulted in his being the first convicted felon ever to be elected president. The extraordinary decision by Manhattan Acting Supreme Court Justice... Read More
WASHINGTON — A federal judge knocked 15 months off a Jan. 6, 2021, rioter's criminal sentence this week after a Supreme Court ruling revised an interpretation of a law used to convict him. It was the first of what is... Read More
NEW YORK — The New York judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial said Friday he will not sentence the Republican candidate for president before Election Day. In a brief, four-page order, acting New York Supreme Court... Read More
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump’s criminal sentencing on 34 felony counts will not occur until late September, if at all, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision on Monday on presidential immunity. In a brief... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is trying to decide whether to appeal a federal judge's ruling Friday that would free about 100 of the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters at the Capitol earlier than anticipated. They were sentenced to prison with... Read More
The 60-day jail sentence a Montgomery County, Maryland, judge imposed this week on a climate activist appears to be part of a trend among courts to get tough on environmental protesters as they become more aggressive. William Regan, 43, received... Read More
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A judge in San Jose, California, on Friday sentenced former Theranos, Inc., Chief Executive Elizabeth Holmes to more than 11 years in prison for defrauding investors with phony blood-testing technology. "I regret my failings with every... Read More
WASHINGTON — Brittney Griner, the American WNBA player who was tried in Russian court for drug smuggling after bringing cannabis oil into the country, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday, inspiring sharp rebukes in the nation’s capital.... Read More
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who pressured former President Donald Trump to pay a settlement to a stripper, was sentenced to 30 months in prison yesterday for trying to extort millions of dollars from sportswear company Nike Inc. He is scheduled... Read More
MINNEAPOLIS - Former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the widely publicized murder of George Floyd outside a Minneapolis bodega. The sentence, delivered by Judge Peter Cahill of... Read More
RICHMOND, Va, - Virginia’s General Assembly passed a jury sentencing reform bill this week that is revolutionary for the state but is already being done nearly everywhere else. The bill allows juries to decide whether a criminal defendant is guilty... Read More
WASHINGTON - Do a pair of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court require the resentencing of Lee Boyd Malvo, the surviving assailant in the D.C. sniper case? That's the question the justices will consider when it convenes Wednesday to hear... Read More
Maria Butina, the Russian gun rights activist who pleaded guilty in December to conspiring to influence U.S. government policy in the run-up to the 2016 election, was sentenced Friday to 18 months in federal court in Washington for failing to... Read More
